jus in rem

noun

-ˈrem

: a right enforceable against anyone in the world interfering with that right founded on some specific relationship, status, or particular property accorded legal protection from interference by anyone (as the right to be free from slander or to enjoy one's property)

Word History

Etymology

Latin, right against a thing

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